Happy Christmas!

Okay so I know I'm doing this really late, but things have been crazy! We have been down in West Jordan on and off for the past 3 weeks. It was great, but we have just been busy and I haven't had time to put up all these great pictures! And I'm really upset because they're not in chronological order, but it would probably take me hours to do it. They are in backwards chronological order (pretty much at least), so just imagine it! Anyway, we had a wonderful Christmas and we were able to go back and forth between our families. We got so many great gifts and it was so much fun! Here are all the Goates grandkids and great-grandkids with their jammies from grandparents! The unmarried kids got pjs and the married kids got a dirt devil mini vacuum!

It was madness at Grandpa Goates' house! There were so many people jammed in there, but it was a blast!

Here is me, Steph and Court at my parent's house for Christmas dinner.

Shelley came over so we could exchange gifts. She gave me a 1 month pass to her "boot camp" aerobics class! I definitely need it. :)

Christmas dinner with the Thomas family.

So this is an actual cake that Dan's aunt Julie made! She did the cake for our wedding and she's amazing! Everything is cake except for the silver bottom! Crazy!

Eating Christmas lunch/dinner at Dan's house.

This table for the grandkids was the gift some of the kids bought for Debbie and Marty.

Jon, Julie and Dan. We exchanged gifts with them and they gave us some games and a sweet plaque that says, "Ute fans live here"! I loved it!

Addy's beautiful princess crown and earrings.

Elisabeth got a cabbage patch doll with matching outfits! She wore it for 3 days straight!

Sarah is just a tiny little thing, but she's so cute!

The grandkids opening some gifts from grandma and grandpa.

Grandpa is handing out the gifts. Before he did, everyone sang "jingle bells", it was cute.

These are the gifts we got from Debbie and Marty. It's food storage! My favorite!

Our big pile of presents from my parents and sister.

My sister got a sweet robe. She's a maniac.

Dan was really excited to open a pack of maglite flashlights from my sister.

Mom and Dad with their gifts.

Steph and I with some of our presents.

We got a sweet ipod from my parents! Woo hoo!

Dan and I got up earlier and opened each other's presents in my parent's basement first. I was so happy with what he gave me, I didn't even care to go upstairs and open more! He did great!

He loves M&Ms and I got him a Sam's Club size pack......

All my great gifts from Dan!

Dan wants to do the Lotoja bike race in the fall so I got him some bike stuff.

Steph and I doing some sweet poses on Christmas Eve with Ollie the dog.

So cute....here we are in our new pjs from my parents.

We're so happy to open our pjs, we just can't contain our excitement!

Christmas Eve at Dan's parent's house.

Here is Alex and Brigham getting cookies ready to leave for Santa on Christmas Eve. Mark went outside after the kids were in bed and jingled bells outside their window and they were so excited! It was way cute.

Baby Taylor is the happiest kid in the world. He's so cute and smiley all the time!

Progressive Dinner

We had a progressive dinner a few weeks ago so that everyone could see each others' houses for Christmas. Ours was too far away, so it wasn't included :(. But we had tons of fun. We started at Jon and Julie's for appetizers, then Dave and Amanda's for dinner, then to Ben and Becky's for dessert. I only took pics at Dave and Amanda's, but we had a ton of fun!

Grandpa and Addy.

The cute girlies sitting around the table. Addy was rockin the off the shoulder look. :)

New baby Ryan!

We had another new addition to our family on December 20. Dave and Amanda had Ryan David Hill! They finally got a boy after 3 little girls! Dave is pretty happy about it, and the girls are excited to have al ittle brother. Dan and I are a little worried he may get dressed up in girls clothes and forced to wear make up or something by his older sisters. But he's so precious and tiny. We saw him the day after he was born and I loved it! Babies are so wonderful.

Note Dan's scruffy mountain man look. He didn't shave for a few weeks just to see how the beard came in. I didn't mind it, but I definitely like a clean face much better!

Randomness

I haven't posted forever because things have just been really busy! Finals week was a killer for us, but we got through it and now I only have one more semester until I graduate! woo hoo! I can't wait. Anway, here are some random pics of the last few weeks. My sister Steph came and played USU in Logan. My parents also drove up and they all spent the night at our apartment. It was a blast!

Here we all are at the game.

My grandma gave us a gift certificate for our birthdays and we finally used it. Dan splurged and got ribs and he was a mess.

Bear Lake

Dan and I drove up to Bear Lake on Sunday and it was really nice! The weather was pretty and the lake is gorgeous! We brought lunches and we drove all around the lake then parked by the lake and ate lunch! It was great!

Cute right?!

We were being funny.....

No this is not a cigar, it's just a pirouette from a trip to the Pepperidge Farm discount store the day before (we stocked up on snacks!).

Preston Lights

We went to Preston, ID on Friday night with Mike & Jerrica and 2 other couples to see some lights and go to dinner. We had a lot of fun and that little town is very festive! Main street had tons of lights and decorations, then we went out to this house with TONS of lights! It was crazy! The view of the house from the street!

This is the driveway up to the house.